"سرف" meaning in Arabic

See سرف in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{ar-noun|سَرَف|m}} سَرَف • (saraf) m Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|سَرَف}} Forms: سَرَف [canonical], saraf [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], سَرَف [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], السَّرَف [definite, informal, singular, triptote], سَرَف [construct, informal, singular, triptote], سَرَفٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], السَّرَفُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], سَرَفُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], سَرَفًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], السَّرَفَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], سَرَفَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], سَرَفٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], السَّرَفِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], سَرَفِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote]
  1. dissipation, waste
    Sense id: en-سرف-ar-noun-iJEis0oE
  2. exaggeration, immoderateness, intemperance
    Sense id: en-سرف-ar-noun-Tosx-xfP Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular, Arabic terms belonging to the root س ر ف, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 14 84 2 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 17 69 15 Disambiguation of Arabic terms belonging to the root س ر ف: 10 80 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 88 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 93 4
  3. extravagance, prodigality
    Sense id: en-سرف-ar-noun-6uQPvkGG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: إِسْرَاف (ʔisrāf)
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "triptote"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "dissipation, waste"
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      "id": "en-سرف-ar-noun-iJEis0oE",
      "links": [
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          "dissipation",
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    },
    {
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          "english": "Why do they portray benevolence as extravagance and depict unselfishness as folly?",
          "ref": "a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “خطبة الكتاب”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "walima jaʕalū l-jūda sarafan wal-ʔaṯrata jahlan",
          "text": "وَلِمَ جَعَلُوا الْجُودَ سَرَفًا وَٱلْأَثْرَةَ جَهْلًا",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "11th century, Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, Al-Kulliyyāt:",
          "text": "السرف: تجاوز الحد في كلِّ فعل يفعله الإنسان، وإن كان ذلك في الإنفاق أشهر",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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    }
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}
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          "english": "Why do they portray benevolence as extravagance and depict unselfishness as folly?",
          "ref": "a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “خطبة الكتاب”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 30:",
          "roman": "walima jaʕalū l-jūda sarafan wal-ʔaṯrata jahlan",
          "text": "وَلِمَ جَعَلُوا الْجُودَ سَرَفًا وَٱلْأَثْرَةَ جَهْلًا",
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          "ref": "11th century, Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, Al-Kulliyyāt:",
          "text": "السرف: تجاوز الحد في كلِّ فعل يفعله الإنسان، وإن كان ذلك في الإنفاق أشهر",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔisrāf",
      "word": "إِسْرَاف"
    }
  ],
  "word": "سرف"
}

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